How to review your health and safety policy

What this policy needs to do

While schools and trusts must have a health and policy in place, there's no specific version they must follow.

Section 3 of the DfE's non-statutory guidance suggests what your school's health and safety policy should contain. 

Every health and safety policy contains 4 elements

1. Plan – leaders should set the direction for effective health and safety management
2. Do – introduce management systems and practices that deal with risks sensibly, responsibly and proportionately
3. Check – monitoring and reporting
4. Act – a formal management review of health and safety performance

It should be proportionate and relevant to your school

Your policy should include:

The specifics of every school or trust's policy will look slightly different to fit their individual context.